A recent University of Toronto study has found a major link between dyslexia and childhood physical abuse.
Published last week in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, the study found that just over one third of Canadians afflicted with dyslexia – a learning disability that affects an estimated five million Canadians and can hinder reading, writing or sometimes even speech – reported they were physically abused during childhood.
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But what is still unclear to her is whether dyslexia is the result of physical abuse, or the other way around.
http://metronews.ca/news/toronto/10...ildren-should-be-screened-for-physical-abuse/
Published last week in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, the study found that just over one third of Canadians afflicted with dyslexia – a learning disability that affects an estimated five million Canadians and can hinder reading, writing or sometimes even speech – reported they were physically abused during childhood.
.....
But what is still unclear to her is whether dyslexia is the result of physical abuse, or the other way around.
http://metronews.ca/news/toronto/10...ildren-should-be-screened-for-physical-abuse/